In order for the game to run properly, your PC MUST meet or exceed these minimum requirements:

Operating System: Windows 2000 / XP (Only)
Processor: Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon, 1.4 GHz (Pentium IV or Athlon 2.2 GHz recommended)
RAM: 256 MB (512 MB recommended)
Graphics Card: 64 MB DirectX 9.0c compliant graphics card (128 MB recommended) ***see supported chipsets list***
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compliant sound card (EAX 2.0 or higher recommended)
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (Included on disk)
DVD-ROM: 4x or better DVD-ROM drive
Hard Drive Space: 4 GB free hard drive space
Peripherals: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard, joystick for Solo and Co-op modes
Multiplay: Broadband with 64 Kbps data transfer upload rate (128 kbps recommended)

Supported video cards at time of release:

ATI Radeon 8500/9000/X families
NVIDIA GeForce 3/4/FX/6 families (GeForce 4 MX not supported)

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported

NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some CD-RW, DVD-RW, and virtual drives.

System Requirements:

Supported OS: Windows(R) XP (only)
Processor: 3 Ghz Pentium(R) 4 or AMD Athlon(tm) 3000 (3.5 Ghz Pentium 4 or Athlon 3500 recommended). Game optimized for Dual-processor-enabled computers.
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card: DirectX(R) 9.0c-compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled 128 MB video card (256 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
Sound Card: DirectX(R) 9.0c-compatible (EAX" recommended) - PC audio solution containing Dolby(R) Digital Live required for Dolby Digital audio.
DirectX Version: 9.0c or higher (9.0c included on disc)
DVD-ROM: 4x DVD-ROM or faster
Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
Peripherals Supported: Mouse, keyboard
Multiplay: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster


*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release

ATI(R) X1600/X1800/X1900 NVidia(R) 6600 /6800/7300/7600/7800/7900

Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported.

These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. Additional chipsets may be supported after release. For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, video cards, and operating systems, please visit the FAQ for this game on our support website at: http://support.ubi.com.

guys,

i start worrying bout the coming Resident Evil 4.......

wait this game already out? wow...i din see any official news. lol...this cannot be! I've been tracking the game! lol...
maybe they will release a patch to disable SM3 for lower end cards? lol...ubi games are full of suprises...

So, I have to buy a new graphic card with SM3.0 support if I want to play SCDA..........

Is this some marketing bullcrap that Ubisoft trying to do in order to help the sales for ATI & NVIDIA?

Marketing bullcrap? God, were you part of the "OMG, my GeForce 4 MX can't play XXX game, I demand someone's head!"

Now back to the topic. As I found out, this game it ported out from XBOX360 & it fully utilized the SM3.0. So those who bought Radeon X1600 ++ or GeForce 6800 ++ are bunch of lucky fellas. Its gonna take a while for me to chalk up some cash to get a new one.

Sorry if this has already been posted and debunked i just did a quick search on the forums. Anyways as with all splinter cell games i usually try to tweak the ini file to get the best visual quality i can but it seems with Double Agent im trying to get the best performance Smile. Well looking through the ini file (C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent\SCDA-Offline\System\SplinterCell4.ini) i found a line near the top called SimpleShader the default value is set to false so i just quickly turned it to true. I noticed a increase in performance but you do disable some nice eye candy like the reflections on the ice in the first mission (but i can live with that). So i was hoping that someone on the community with a 2.0b shader card can give this fix a little shot and see what comes out of it. Also to anyone who has a widescreen monitor you can manually change the res in the ini as well just do a search for (FullscreenViewportX, FullscreenViewporty) and change it to desired resolution. well hope that helps some of you out.

I don't know how you all are thinking, but in order to play some latest PC games first must have a decent PC setup with rm2+++ atleast that can only last for 1 year. Then next year when another new game comes out, then current PC setup cannot keep up with it. SO for me I will better spend rm800 for a PS2,v atleast can last me for 2~3 years.

Nice trolling. Rm2k ever year? You don't need to buy a new system every year. Smart buying is enough... A RM 2k system can last 2-4 years if you upgrade smart enough.

That being said, it still is more expensive than consoles, but not on the level you're pointing out.

Well, if stay in KL sure can get latest hardware that compatible to latest games. But how about other states? Just take Seremban for example, when Lowyat plaza is selling Gefore FX6***, here still stuck at FX5*** series with FX6*** price. How good is the smart buying concept also no point. Before you trying to say people can always come to KL and buy or something like that, yes, we can, but will it be 100%? No, some people just want less headache and don't want to waste more time on it. See, this is the problem that some people are facing after they buy a new PC and later found out that it cannot play certain games.

I not sure on this, but I feel that it is very funny when some people will trying to says that his sound card can produce sound better than home hifi system. I only using a Sony 42" plasma to play my PS2 games with Denon amp and Visaton loud speakers.
BTW, can a high end display card can support till 42" full resulotions?

What has the sound card have to do with anything? Even on a console, you're still limited to the "sound card" in the console itself. What? Home hifi systems can be hooked up to consoles, but not PCs... riiiiiiight. Plus, unless Sony did some crazy change to the PS2 in the last 3 years, there's no 5.1 support (And no 7.1 support on the Xbox if you want to be anal), that right there already should tell you that the "sound card" in a console is worst.

The new nVidia 8800 cards can go up to 2560x1600 (1080p is only 1920x1080), so yeah it that 42'' of yours will do just fine

So far I never come across PC speakers sound can outbeat a home hifi in terms of power(watt rms) and clearity. I do have Sound Blaster Audigy last time, partner with my ADA885, thought can outbeat a home hifi, but when I bought the hifi set, I sell off my sound card and using onboard SC then input to home hifi. Sound card is just like an e-crossover or pre-amp, it only process sounds, not amplify it. And under what reason that PC sound card output cannot hook to amplifier?  You never try it before or you don't know that it can be done actually?

What? Home hifi systems can be hooked up to consoles, but not PCs... riiiiiiight.

I not sure on this, but I feel that it is very funny when some people will trying to says that his sound card can produce sound better than home hifi system

And talk about display cards, I have my display card and 19" LCD monitor that can support upto 1280*1024, so what? Can you see for it  long time without getting eyes suffering from it? Yes, the display card can go upto 2560*1600, but can our eyes take it?

hey man.arent we suppose 2 help the tredstarter 4 his SCDA problem?y it has bcum another console vs pc debate again?

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You totally missed my point didn't you? And have you ever heard of sarcasm?
This:

was meant as a joke (Notice the long "riiiiiight" in there) because you made it sound like PCs COULDN'T hook up hifi speakers with this line:
And thank you for giving me that unwanted (And totally irrelevant) lesson audio processing.
You brought up a TV that would run in HD (Which outputs to a maximum of 1920x1080), so how long can you stare into that thing before your eyes suffer? I'm pretty sure its more straining than 1280x1024 according to your logic.

Listen, we brought up that super duper resolution cause you made it sound like no PC video card could handle your super duper Sony TV. Plus, do you even know what's the benefit of having such high resolutions for games? Someone give Microsoft and Sony a call, I think they missed someone on their "HD Gaming" marketing machine.

Seing the picture in bigger resolutions is better than small as eyes no need to concentrate more.

His problem was solved in the very first reply.

Now, let's continue the derailment

i using 7300gt also can't install langsung..ahiz

  yeap, gotta upgrade ma mobo 1st. but, did we out of the topic??
p/s:by the way, i totally support ya... console cant beat pc...
wow, really? what happened?

  yeap, gotta upgrade ma mobo 1st. but, did we out of the topic??
p/s:by the way, i totally support ya... console cant beat pc...
wow, really? what happened?

why this occur ?

so far i dont get any crash or lag  but    i cant get the sound sumhow the sound juz faded when i start the game any ideas wat 2 do? the sound only at the title screen after that pusss...GONE!
my rig:
Intel Core Duo E6600
Gigabyte DS4
512 x 2 Corsair XMS DDRII
MSI 7600GT

Apparently the game cannot be installed on any drive other than C:

I uninstalled it from my main game drive and installed it in its default location on C: and now I have all sound and audio.

no use still no sound..  

wow....

this game really test my machine to the limit.....

my spec :

3200+ AMD64
1GB RAM
Xpert Vision 512MB 7900GT
Sound Blaster Vibra 128bit

just started the game though and i'm running the game at 1024x768 resolution and i can have most of the setting on and running quite smoothly except when entering new areas might lag for awhile. The 2 setting that i had to turn off are High Quality Shadow and High Quality Shader.....

this 2 setting when turned on made the game lag every 2 sec......it's like smooth for 2 sec then lag for 1 sec like that ......

i think most probably is becoz of the capability of my processor

other than that....no sound problem.....might crash once in awhile but still very seldom.....

hope to finish it by this week coz i heard it's a short game.....i think most of the 10GB of the game are contributed to the graphics and visuals......

wow....

this game really test my machine to the limit.....

my spec :

3200+ AMD64
1GB RAM
Xpert Vision 512MB 7900GT
Sound Blaster Vibra 128bit

just started the game though and i'm running the game at 1024x768 resolution and i can have most of the setting on and running quite smoothly except when entering new areas might lag for awhile. The 2 setting that i had to turn off are High Quality Shadow and High Quality Shader.....

this 2 setting when turned on made the game lag every 2 sec......it's like smooth for 2 sec then lag for 1 sec like that ......

i think most probably is becoz of the capability of my processor

other than that....no sound problem.....might crash once in awhile but still very seldom.....

hope to finish it by this week coz i heard it's a short game.....i think most of the 10GB of the game are contributed to the graphics and visuals......

Medium to high-range PC owners are used to geting way better looking games vs. console versions. Previously this was because PC games were boosted PS2/XBOX ports.

That era is over and PC games are now ports of X360 versions and can't look as good as them because the difference in hardware is huge.

However PC users should not throw themselves out the window yet, as usual with every console cycle, PC will gain back their technological advantage. It's just a question of time.

Back to SCDA PC, the job of the team consisted in two main goals:

1 - Be as close as possible to the X360 version on high end configurations. The end result is that the PC game is identical in content to the 360. No cut scenes, missions or gameplay elements have been cut from the version. Running on a high end PC the two game versions are VERY similar. Keep in mind that the 360 has 3 CPU's at 3.2Ghz and that the PC game runs on 1 CPU at 3Ghz.

2 - Bring the minimum specs as low as possible without losing too much of the X360 game experience = result is we could achieve the attached min specs. If you compare those specs to X360 specs, you can understand the work that was accomplished. There's been lots of questions about the SM 3.0 only support, well the answer is no, we could not have supported those cards without altering the X360 game experience. We wish we could have though, but no. And no, there will be no patch to enable this, because it's about redoing all the shaders of the whole game...